HARTFORD — A Superior Court judge has signed an arrest warrant charging Brandon Henry, who was once given immunity to testify against a Hartford officer, with murder for a killing this summer. Henry, 31, of East Hartford, and his friend Jashon Bryant were shot by former Hartford police Officer Robert Lawlor in 2005, and Henry later testified at Lawlor's trial on assault and manslaughter charges. Prosecutors gave Henry immunity in exchange for his testimony. As he faces the new murder charge, Henry is already in custody on charges of first-degree assault, criminal use of a firearm, criminal possession of a firearm and carrying a pistol without a permit for a shooting March 26...

HARTFORD — A Superior Court judge has signed an arrest warrant charging Brandon Henry, who was once given immunity to testify against a Hartford officer, with murder for a killing this summer.Henry, 31, of East Hartford, and his friend Jashon Bryant...

NEW HAVEN – Police have arrested a 19-year old New Haven man and charged him with the shooting death of Kyle Brown-Edwards, who was shot in the hallway of a building on Kossuth Street in February.
Police charged Jaquawn Burton, 19, of New Haven, with...

When his son turned 14 a year ago, Jonathan Hardy bought the teen a gift that was both a coming-of-age badge and a hot item: an AR-15 rifle.
To Hardy, the matte-black weapon is not a dangerous assault rifle. His son's model shoots the same small,...

Gun crimes are too often committed by persons who cannot legally own guns. Virtually all gun sales start with a legal sale. So how do those legally acquired guns get into the hands of prohibited users?
The conventional answer is, "from down...

— Divorce records on file in Stamford Superior Court show the parents of suspected Sandy Hook school shooter Adam Lanza had joint custody of their son and that Lanza's father paid alimony that kept him and his mother financially comfortable.
Nancy and...

— The guns used in the last two mass murders in Connecticut were purchased at same East Windsor gun shop.
Records show that Omar Thornton, who killed eight people and himself at Hartford Distributors Inc. in 2010, purchased both the Glock and Walthers...

A New Haven man in federal custody on charges of distributing crack cocaine has admitted to being involved in an arson fire that killed three people on March 9. Hector "Boom Boom" Natal, 25, was presented at U.S. District...

The state's attorney on Thursday would not give a time frame for the investigation of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
But Danbury State's Attorney Stephen J. Sedensky III said he will continue to work with local, state and federal agencies...

Here's an update on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. There isn't one. Well, there is one, but Congress has stripped it of a leader, cut down on the number of agents and choked its budget to the point where it's almost impossible to do its...

Ladies, how likely would you be to take a pregnancy test in the bathroom of a bar?
Bars and restaurants in Alaska are set later this year to have home pregnancy test dispensers installed in their bathrooms.
Forget all of the awkwardly comedic...

It was a bloody confrontation more than three years ago in the desert brush of Arizona about 11 miles from the border with Mexico. When it was over, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry was dead and two weapons found at the scene would shine a light on...

The mother of a felon whose "handsome" booking photo went viral after it was posted on the Stockton Police Department's Facebook account is hoping to show a softer side of her son as she tries to raise funds for his legal defense.
Katherine...

Dan Millen remembers Darion Marcus Aguilar walking into his Rockville gun shop with an air of confidence and a wad of cash. Aguilar wanted a shotgun, which he said he planned to keep in his home for protection.
Aguilar's dress was nondescript, Millen...

WASHINGTON -- The White House plans to announce Tuesday that it has improved gun safety in the country by chipping away at 21 of 23 items on an executive to-do list issued in January.
But the progress report will also highlight steps that Congress has...

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would close loopholes in the rules on acquiring machine guns and other dangerous weapons and ban U.S. military-style firearms sent overseas from returning to this country.
The...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned down a pair of 2nd Amendment appeals lodged by the National Rifle Assn., keeping in place laws that restrict those under 21 years old from buying or carrying a handgun.
Without comment, the justices dismissed...

The Obama administration took a concrete step toward curbing the flow of semiautomatic weapons to Mexico last week when it adopted a new regulation mandating the reporting of multiple sales of long guns to federal authorities.
Under the regulation, some...

Six people, including three young boys, were killed and at least a dozen others injured when a fire raced through their Aurora apartment building this morning, trapping residents and forcing some to jump from their windows.
"We were just afraid...

The acting director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is expected to step down because of a controversial gun-running investigation that allowed weapons to be sold to suspected agents of Mexican drug cartels, according...

As a backlash mounts over the government's failed Fast and Furious gun-tracing operation, the Justice Department will begin requiring firearms dealers in California and other border states to alert officials anytime they sell more than two semiautomatic...